Automobile timepiece attachment.



F. Nl. DALE.

A OBILE TIMEPIECE ATTACHMENT.

LlcATloN FILED DEc.l8,1914.

1,153,609.. l PatentedSept. 1915.

@Avi/Mmmm @wkbw I FRANK M DALE, OF SULLIVAN, ASSIGNOR T0 MOTORING CLOCK MANUFAC- TUBING- COMPANY, v0F SULLIVAN, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

AUTOMOBILE :TIMEPIECE ATTACHMENT.

Application fied December iyieie. sen'ai No. 877,864.

i zen of the United States, residing at Sullivan, Sullivan county, and State of Indiana, have invented and discovered certain new and useful Improvements iin Automobile Timepiece Attachments, 'of which the' followingis a specification. l

My 'nvention relates to' time-piece attach /ments for automobiles and. its object is to provide means whereby a watch may be -combined with the steeringwheel of an automo bile so that .the time-piece will be readily,

accessible and displayed to view at a point where the time can be easily observed.

With this object and others in view my invention is embodied in preferable formlin the arrangement and construction hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In these drawings, Figure lis a-'side view in elevation, partly in section of a steering wheel, showing my'invention a plied thereto; Fig. 2, a section on the line l --A of Fig'. 1 and Fig. 3l a top plan view of the Asteering Wheel. I

Referring to the drawings, l is the vsteer, ing wheel of an automobile; 2 the lower part of the shaft or rod of said steering wheel and 3r the enlarged stem on which thehub of the steering wheel is mounted. Projecting upwardly beyond this stem is a threaded end portion 4, forming part of the shaft. Adapted to be mounted on this threaded end portion is a watch 5. Adapted to be fixed to the rear face of the case of the'watch by solder or other suitable means of connection is a dependingy hollow.` nut or attaching member v6, which issecured upon the threaded end 4 of the shaft and is adapted to be forced down until its lower end abuts against the upper surface ofthe stem 3.` This nut or connecting .member is provided' with a hol-A low chamber or space 7 which separates the casing of the watch from the end of .the threaded portion 4,. thereby avoiding pressure against the watch case and the works of the watch. The nut 6 serves to bear against the hub of the steering wheel and ,to lock l the sameon theshaft, thus taking the place of the usual nut employed for this purpose.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

1. In combination with a steering wheel of an automobile and the shaft of said wheel, said shafthaving an integral portion eX- tendin-g above the hub of the steering wheel, a .time piece, and a support for said time .piece having means to engage said extended portion of said shaft.

. 2. In combination with asteering wheel of an automobile and the shaft of said wheel,

said shaft having a threaded portion extending above the-hub of the steering wheel, a time piece, and a nut for said threaded portion to hold' said hub in place on the shaft and also constituting `supporti-ng means for sai-d time piece. l

3. In combination -with a steering wheel of an automobile and theshaft of said wheel,

said shaft having an integral portion eX- tending abovev the hub of the steering wheel, a time piece having an integral depending attaching member'and means of direct engagement between said member and said .prolonged portion lof said shaft, subst-antially as described. 4. In combination with a steering wheel of b anautomobile and its shaft, said shaft having a threaded portion extendingabove the hub of the steering wheel, a time-piece, a nut fixed to one face of said' time-piece and adapted to engage said threaded end portion of the shaft, substantially as described.

'Y 5. In combination with a steering wheel and its shaft, such shaft having a threaded portion extending above the hub of the steering wheel, a time piece, said time piece having fixed on Aone face thereof a lnut which en- -gages said threaded end portion and bears against said hub to fasten the time-piece to said shaft and lock the steering wheel in position, substantially as described.

6.: In combination with the steering wheel of an automobile and its shaft, said shaft having a threaded end portion extending Y above the hub of the wheel, a time piece, said time piece having a nut fixed to one face Y K meaeoe thereof and adaptedl to engage said threaded my hand and seal at Sullivan, Sullivan end of the shaft and` to bear against said county, Indianarthis 30th day of November, lo hub to lock the Wheel tde the shaft, said nut A. D. nineteen hundred and fourteen.. being elongated beyon the length of said i 5 threaded portion to space the case of the FRANK M' DALE [1 S] time-piece from the end of said 'threaded Witnesses: portion, substantially as described. THEODORE F. Smm;

ln Witness whereof, Ihave hereunto set ARTHUR WV. SNAVELY.' 

